Goodbye, Mr. Okra: New Orleans Remembers Its Singing Vegetable Vendor

Arthur James Robinson, known as “Mr. Okra,” died this week. But New Orleans residents will never forget his distinctive inventory call and his brightly-painted truck, winding through the city.

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